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Heavy-duty matches on the stadium court in the women’s quarterfinals Friday, with the Roland Garros champion playing the Wimbledon champion.
And then, the Australian Open champion meeting the Wimbledon finalist.
And then there’s American Coco Gauff on the second court.
Doubles quarters AND semifinals scheduled for Friday as well.
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Western & Southern Open
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Category: WTA 1000 (Joint event with the ATP Tour)
Surface: Outdoor Hard
Dates: Aug. 14 – 20, 2023
Prize money: $2,788,468
Draws: S56 – D32
Friday, Aug. 18, 2023
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) def [10] Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 76 (3) 61
[2] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def [6] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 75 63
[7] Coco Gauff (USA) def [Q] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 63 62
Karolina Muchova (CZE) def Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 30 retd
Doubles, semifinals
[3] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) def [7] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) 26 64 [10-5]
Alycia Parks / Taylor Townsend (USA) def [2] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) 64 62
Doubles, quarterfinals
[7] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) def [1] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 63 64
Alycia Parks / Taylor Townsend (USA) def [4] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) 46 60 [10-6]
[2] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) def Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 62 61
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Okay, I know the system now … Don’t ask too many questions.
None the less, what happened to the Townsend/ our girl Fernandez duo. I see TT is playing with Alicia Parks this week. Since they are seventh in the Race to ?? year end championships I would have thought they would try to keep it going. That would be a nice year-end payday for TT.
Lots of people asking that question.